【推荐2】Just before cold midnight, we walked as usual into the only local coffee shop for a cup of coffee to stay awake as we had to work into the early morning. At the time, many of the________would appear here for warmth and free bread left by other customers.

I held a cup of coffee to________my hands, and then I naturally________, I noticed a man who would________sit in the same corner. The corners of my mouth instantly bent up, and he________back, whispering a low “Hi”, Thus began an active________that felt natural and comforting. I learned his name was Dennis. His parents________him when he was a child. He had been in and out of foster care (寄养) until he became homeless after________.

About twelve years later, I was________the construction of a city transportation system. My staff was very ________, but one man________went above and beyond in helping me. As I finished my________and was leaving, he came over to me and asked, “You don’t remember me?”

“It’s you, Dennis!” I yelled as I threw my________around him. We hugged and________like reunited family. It turned out that after our first meet, he had chosen to turn his________around. Then he was________and worked as a bus driver. I barely________him in his uniform.

“I have never________you. You were the only person who smiled and talked to me, and that made a new________ in my life,” he said. That seemingly minor smile had given us both an unforgettable________.

【推荐1】Kenyan runner Abel Mutai was leading the cross-country race, only a few meters from the finishing line. But he got _________ about the signs and stopped, thinking he had _________ the race. Spanish runner Ivan Fernundez was _________ behind Mutai. Realizing what was going on, he screamed at the Kenyan, “Keep running!” Not knowing Spanish, Mutai didn’t _________ him.

At this moment, Fernundez had to _________ Mutai to the finishing line. A reporter asked Fernundez why. He replied, “My _________ is that one day we can live in a community where we help each other _________ .” The reporter said, “But you let him win the medal.” Fernundez replied, “Actually, I didn’t let him win. Mutai was faster and he _________ to win. What would be the _________ of this medal if I took advantage of his mistake to win?”

What a noble __________ ! In schools, at home and in our society, we are __________ told that chances come rarely and we need to __________ them in order to stand out. We always try every possible means to __________ . How many times have we ever helped our __________ to succeed? But Ivan Fernandez showed us the real success. It is not just about strength and skill; it’s also a test of __________ .

【推荐2】Spring is here in Tokyo with the cherry blossoms. Yesterday, I ______a bright blue silk scarf(丝巾)and took a train to Kichijoji, where my sister lives. It had been nearly four weeks______ I stayed home. ______the government’s instructions, I had cancelled my earlier______lesson with my sister and all other engagements. A life of semi-isolation ______bothered me because, as an aging novelist I had been leading such a life for years anyway. But yesterday, I decided to_______, as there is no lockdown here in Tokyo and no sign of a rise in the number of______

We decided to ______ our lesson day routine and first treat ourselves to the lunch specials at a French restaurant we like. There, we saw plenty of other guests enjoying their meals, their laughter______the sun bathed room.

After my piano lesson, as I walked home from the train station, cutting through a park as I usually do, I saw kids playing soccer in the meadow; people ______their tiny dogs; families and friends picnicking under cherry blossoms, some of them pleasantly______

I realized what I had been experiencing the whole day of my outing: a heightened appreciation of our ordinary lives, as if they were something ______. I knew that the feeling would______as the virus faded(逐渐消失)away. And I ______the role of literature, how it can make us ______our ordinary lives as if they were a miracle even in a boring normal time.

【推荐1】“Only if you have experienced it can you believe it.” I didn’t believe such thing until it _________ happened to me. For years my wife and I had had an idea for a(n)   _________ but we weren’t sure how to start. All we knew was that we had a personal _________ that we thought could succeed commercially.

We decided to write a film script (剧本) first. But we had never written a script before and needed professional _________. So we wrote a 10-page outline of the story and made a pitch (推销宣传) for the concept both online and offline to see what kind of _________ it would get. We also _________ a quick market test to get the attention of producers who might happen to see the _________ for our script.

It was a month or so before it _________ people’s interest. We then contacted _________ production companies and producers until we __________ cooperating with a producer with an all-star cast, who promised to help us with the script.

Eight months later, our film script was __________ at a very high level of the industry. Whether the film is shot and released or not, my wife and I made it. Once __________, we then tried our best to write the best script we could.

That’s what happens when you have the courage to __________. The opposite of success isn’t failure but a __________ of the courage to try. The universe rewards courage.   __________, the cave you fear to enter contains the treasure you seek!

【推荐3】Every Friday morning, I bake a loaf of challah, a kind of sweet, twisted egg bread. This _________ started when my grandmother gave me her recipe. At first, I made it only when I could _________ the time because it seemed to be very time-consuming.

_________, after some time, I realized that making it when I had the time was fine, but making it when my work deadlines were _________ meant even more.

You can’t hurry bread. You can, of course, use quick-rise yeast (酵母), but I don’t. I take time to _________ for the dough (生面团) to rise by itself. This is my weekly reminder to slow down, to stop and _________ the roses.

Baking challah does require great _________. Beneath my palms, the dough is slowly _________. I can feel the change. This _________ connects me to something original, something that has not yet been __________ by modernity.

Baking challah is a push against our culture of __________. It certainly takes more time than grabbing a packaged loaf off the __________ shelf. But I now enjoy it. I’ve improved my grandmother’s __________ by adding a little more sugar and vanilla for a __________ taste. Knowing the same ingredients passed through her hands connects me to her in a deep and silent way. My making challah has also helped my kids to __________ their pace and recognize the power in doing things the slow way — by hand.